Wednesday, June 26, 2019

A Climate Code of Conduct for Events

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DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with Alexis Richardson (@monadic, CEO @weaveworks, Chair of TOC @CNCF) about the carbon footprint of technology conferences and a growing interest in making them more environmentally friendly.  

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Topic 1 - Welcome back to the show. We’ve just now wrapped up the spring conference season and you’re helping to kick off a new focus on an interesting aspect of conferences. 

Topic 2 - Obviously climate change is a big talking point in political campaigns right now. Do you think that’s what is driving this discussion around conference now (vs. another moment in time)? 

Topic 3 - You’re helping to create a “Climate Code of Conduct”. It’s still early, but what are some of the guiding principles that are being explored? 

Topic 4 - Given the complexity of all that could be involved in improving the climate impact of conferences, do you think it’s more important to start making smaller changes (low-hanging fruit) or establishing really bold guidance? 

Topic 5 - Have any discussions about this started with any conferences yet? If conference organizers are listening, how would you suggest they potentially engage with the group that is discussing this? 

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Wednesday, June 19, 2019

How Lyft built a Service Mesh with Envoy

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DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with Jose Nino (@junr03, Software Engineer @Lyft) about how they evolved from a monolithic application to 300+ microservices, including a service mesh using the Envoy proxy.

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background and some of the things you work on at Lyft. 

Topic 2 - Lyft was the original creator of the Envoy proxy project. As Lyft was going through their migration from a monolith to microservices, when did they realize that they needed to start creating a service mesh. 

Topic 3 - What functions of Envoy does Lyft use for both networking and security?

Topic 4 - How does Lyft manage who interacts with the Service Mesh, since it has impacts on the applications (microservices) and the infrastructure teams (networking, security)? 

Topic 5 - What recommendations would you make to any other teams that are evaluating Envoy or Service Mesh technologies? 

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Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Machine Learning with KubeFlow

SHOW: 402

DESCRIPTION: Brian talks with David Aronchick (@aronchick, Head of Open Source Machine Learning @Azure) about the history of the KubeFlow project, how it has evolved as a community, and how KubeFlow is making it easier to get started with Machine Learning on Kubernetes. 

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us about your background, especially as you’ve come to be involved in both open source and machine learning or AI.

Topic 2 - You’ve been involved in the KubeFlow project since its creation a couple of years ago. Can you introduce us to the project and how it’s evolved over the last couple of years? 

Topic 3 - The stated goal of KubeFlow is to make machine learning workflows simple, repeatable and scalable. Can you walk us through some of the ways that KubeFlow is beginning to achieve these goals?

Topic 4 - For those people that understand Kubernetes, can you explain how KubeFlow interacts with Kubernetes, and maybe a little bit about how KubeFlow gets value from Kubernetes for these ML workloads? 

Topic 5 - What are some of the new areas in this space that you’re excited about?

Topic 6 - For people new to this area, what are some of the easier ways for them to get started?

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Wednesday, June 5, 2019

The Power of Community Engagement

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DESCRIPTION: Aaron and Brian continue the "Four for Four Hundred" shows, with a focus on community engagement. Then Brian talks with Amy Lewis (@commsninja, Director Influence Marketing @VMware) about the importance of finding a community for technical learning, career advice, mentorship, and helping you find the joy in your current or future jobs. 

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Topic 1 - Welcome back to the show. What types of things are you working on these days, especially in the context of people getting support from communities? 

Topic 2 - Tell us about the feedback you’re getting from community members about the importance of technical skills vs. industry-specific knowledge or skills. 

Topic 3 - You often recommend “doing an interview” to gauge how well prepared someone is to find a new job, or understand new jobs. Can you elaborate on some examples of how to do this - the “frienderview”. 

Topic 4 - Is it ever a good time to align your resume to the current buzzwords of the industry? How far away are your current skills from where you want to be?

Topic 5 - What are some tips for learning the domain-specific terminology as people move into new industries?

Topic 6 - How are you finding ways to Spark Joy in your communities? 

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